The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (With Bookplate Signed By The Author) by Le Carre, John - 1963

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1947. First Edition [stated] 1st Printing. Black Cloth, Gilt. Near Fine Book/Very Good Dustjacket. 216 Pp. Black Cloth, Gilt. A Near Fine Book, Gilt Still Brilliant, Immaculate, No Marks Or Stains Or Wear. Dj Priced $2.75, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, Light Edge Wear With A 1/4" Squarish Chip At Top Of Front Panel, A Few Very Short Edge Tears And A Few Minute Losses, Some Internal Tape Reinforcements. Inscribed In 1947 To Elizabeth Ann Mcmurray, A Bookstore Owner, Writer And Later An Editor, "With All Friendly Wishes + Thanks" And Signed By Gore [Vidal].

Concentric Circle Press, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Near Fine. 95 Pp., Illustrated With Tipped-On Color Plates By Druks. A Near Fine Example With Only A Trace Of Wear, And A Faint Reading Crease Next To Spine. Inscribed "September 28, 1979 / For Grace Rosenberg / With Best Wishes / Renate Druks".

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1965. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 190 Pp. A Young Adult Novel, An Ala Notable Book, Quite Scarce In The First Edition. Fine In Fine Dj, No Fading Or Marks, Not Price Clipped, No Wear, Display Quality.

London: Wishart & Co, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine Book/Fine Dust Jacket. 288 Pp. Blue Cloth, Lettered And Stamped In Black. First Printing, With 1928 Date On Title Page, No Additional Printing Noted On Copyright Page; Later Printings Have The Printing Indicated On The Copyright Page. Dj Printed In Green And Black, "Madman" And Lovely Young Woman, Each In Their Own Despair; Dj Signed "M S". The Author's Fourth And Last Novel. Despite The Arresting Dj Image (With Title Mis-Spelled As "Wits End"), A Comedy About A Man Who Feigns Madness To Marry The Woman He Loves. A Near Fine Example Of The Book, Slight Rubbing At Corners, No Other Wear, No Names Or Marks, Lettering Strong. Dj Is Fine, Remarkably Well Preserved, No Rubbing Or Wear, No Nicks Or Chips Or Stains Or Creases, Not Price Clipped (7/6), As New; The Dj Is One Of An Archive Of Jackets Carefully Stored Flat Apart From The Books, With Not A Hint Of Fading. Probably The Finest Extant… Read More

New York: Roger L. Stevens Circa 1959 Or 1960, 1960. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Studio Copy Of The Original Script For The Three Act Version By Gore Vidal, With No Other Authors Credited. Black Wraparound Card Covers Lettered In Silver, "Hart Stenographic Bureau" Name/Address/Phone At Top, Title At Center.Title Page With Wm. Morris Agency Sticker And Roger L Stevens Name And Address At Bottom (No Copyright Notice Or Date But Probably Circa 1959/1960). Cast Of Characters Page, Act One Scene Page, 36 Pp,26 Pp, 23 Pp (Each Act Numbered Separately By Act, Scene And Page). Inked Number "44" At Top Of Title Page Which Apparently Is The Tracking Number For A Limited Distribution. Our Researches Indicate Only One Institutional Holding, In Arizona.

London: William Heinemann, 1915. First Edition 1st Printing. Green Cloth, Gilt. Good + Book/No Dust Jacket. 648 Pp + 16 Page Publisher's Catalog At End, Author's Catalog At Front Does Not Include This Title, "London William Heinemann 1915" On Verso Of Title Page, Misprint On Line 4 Of Page 257 'Help' For 'Helped'. First Uk Printing, Reportedly Issued One Day After The American Printing By Doran. Well Worn, Good Only, Spine Gilt Weak But Readable, Cover Lettering And Design Quite Clear, Some Fraying At Top And Bottom Of Spine, Hinges Cracked At Endpapers, No Names Or Marks.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1956. First Edition . Cloth. Very Good + Book/Very Good. 169 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth, Stamped In Black. A Scarce Western In The First Hardcover Edition. No Names Or Marks, But Dust Jacket Has "S F Public Library" Blind Stamp On Front Panel, With 1/8" Round Hole Through That Stamp. Book Lightly Worn, No Fraying, Hinges Tight. Dj Not Price Clipped, Lightly Used, Clean, No Losses, Red On Spine Faded But Red Lettering Quite Clear.

London: Grant Richards, 1931. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/As New DJ. 250 Pp. Green Cloth, Black Lettering, "First Published 1931" On Verso Of Title Page. Book Is Only Good/Very Good, Wear But No Fraying, Some Fading To Back Strip. Dj Is Fine, As New, Not A Hint Of Wear Or Fading, And Probably Unique Thus; It May Be A Proof, Height Is 3/8" Taller Than The Book, Otherwise Fits Book Properly, Although The Illustration Continues From Top To Bottom And There Is No Easy Cut-Off Height Which Would Not Remove Material Items In The Illustration [ The Dj Had Been Folded Flat And Stored Away From Light And Wear, Part Of An Archive Of Similarly Preserved Jackets 1925-1935, All Entirely Unfaded]. Uncommon; And This Must Be The Finest Known Dj For The Book Or At Least There Is None Better Than This One Which Is As New.

London: Martin Secker, 1929. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Dj By G E Calthrop. 111 Pp. Gray, Possibly Gray-Green, Cloth, With Paper Spine Label Printed In Red And Black. Near Fine In Near Fine White Dj, No Fading At All, Just A Trace Of Rubbing, No Chips Or Stains Or Fraying, Just A Single One Inch Long Closed Tear At Top Edge Of Rear Panel. Exceptionally Scarce Without Fading To The Pink Spine. This Example Was Preserved As One Of A Group Of Dj's From The 1920'S And 1930'S Which Were All Stored Flat Apart From The Books. Book With Small Ownership Name "M Bell", Possibly The Actress Marie Bell Who Appeared In Coward Productions, But No Example Of Her Signature Has Been Compared To This One.

London: George G. Harrap, 1930. First UK Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good + Book/Near Fine DJ. 283 Pp. Orange Cloth, Black Lettering. Stated "First Published 1930", First Uk Edition. Very Good +, Light Rubbing, Cloth Clean And Unfaded, Lettering Strong Without Any Loss, Spine Leaned. Dj Slightly Taller Than Book, Near Fine, Bright, Clean, Unfaded, Not Price-Clipped, 1/4" Closed Tear At Bottom Of Rear Spine Edge, Three Minute Tears At Lower Edge, No Chips Or Stains Or Browning Because Dj Was Stored Flat, Separately From Book, For Many Decades, Probably Since Soon After Publication. Mildred Cram (1889 - 1985) Was The Daughter Of An Editor At Silver Burdette And Became A Popular American Writer And Screenwriter In The 1920'S-1930'S. Her Short Story "Stranger Things" Was Included In The O. Henry Award Story Collection For 1921. A Number Of Her Stories And Novels Were Made Into Films, Including An Affair To Remember (1957). She Was Nominated, Along With Leo… Read More